Boys, Girls, and Body Science: A First Book About Facts of Life

Elizabeth Levin is a professor of psychology at Laurentian University.

Written by a sexual health educator, Boys, Girls, and Body Science is an
informative, reader-friendly book about the facts of life. A nurse named
Meg explains them to a primary class of students and visiting parents.
She begins with the observation that, in talking about private parts,
one can avoid embarrassment by using scientific words. Responding to the
question of what is inside the scrotum, one child yells out “balls”
and is given the correct terminology, “testicles.” Following a
discussion of girls’ genitalia, Meg describes how an egg and sperm are
needed to form a baby. In the concluding description of how a baby is
born, contractions are likened to giant hugs that help the baby breathe.
Colorful illustrations highlight the topics under discussion, and there
are line drawings of both a circumcised and a uncircumcised penis, and
of a naked mother having a baby.

While this book may cover more than you expected, it is sure to capture
your child’s attention. Highly recommended.